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Leadership Stories
The following articles are some of the most inspiring published stories of public sector leadership I have found.
Courage in Crisis
Ambassador Prudence Bushnell demonstrated great courage in trying to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and in leading her staff in the aftermath of the 1998 bombing of US Embassy Nairobi by Al Qaeda.
The Importance of Integrity to Leadership
Wonderful story by Ambassador Charles Ray about modeling integrity.
Who is the Best Leader You Ever Worked For?
GovLoop Forum discussion that is collecting examples of effective public leadership. Please share your stories!
Four-Star Management
General Bill Creech (1927-2003) orchestrated an extraordinary turnaround of the Tactical Air Command that ultimately swept through the rest of the Air Force and many other parts of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Grassroots Leadership
Inspirational FastCompany article about Mike Abrashoff, the former Captain of the USS Benfold, who unleashed the talents of his crew and--consequently--transformed Benfold into the best ship in the Pacific Fleet. The video below features Abrashoff himself telling part of his story.
Discussion Forum
CIO! Does your CEO actually read your IT Strategic Plan?
Started by Lois E H Rawji Jan 25. 0 Replies 0 Awesomes
Your IT strategic plan introduces:a. emerging technology (unavailable to the public)b. new technology (less than 1 year old)c. current technology (less than 6 years old)d. old technology…Continue
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At a White House party, a woman approached Calvin Coolidge, famed for his silence...
Started by Lois E H Rawji Jan 12. 0 Replies 0 Awesomes
,,,and said, "Mr. President, I made a bet I can get more than two words out of you." He replied, "You lose."If this woman had a strategic plan, she could've won the bet.Do you want to critique an IT…Continue
I Need Your Help - Researching Mobile Government
Started by Erin Sherwood. Last reply by Elliot Volkman -GovWin Jan 10. 2 Replies 0 Awesomes
I am a conference producer at the Advanced Learning Institute. We plan a number of government and communication training events across the U.S and Canada:…Continue
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Comment by Karina Homme on January 26, 2012 at 1:22pm -
ACT-IAC Management of Change Conference 2012 Planning Committee would like to engage "Future Now" leaders to share their transformation experiences.
Check out the Linked In Group to join the conversation! Linked In "Future Now" Government Leaders Group
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on January 25, 2012 at 9:15am -
Can you think of a hero-leader in your life - someone who is willing to take on tough tasks and approach them not so that they will get glory, but so that the biggest problems are solved and the greatest number of people are helped?
Linda Cureton calls out one such hero-leader in this blog post...and gives a clarion call for more men and women like Rodger:
http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/thoughts-from-chapter-37-of-t...
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Comment by GovLoop on January 18, 2012 at 10:52am -
Megan started a new series on Leadership - what would you do?
This week's example - the young go-getter leading his first project and the team hates him so he's doingdoing all the work single-handedly.Leave your answer - http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/govloop-leader-challenge-what...
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Comment by GovLoop on January 17, 2012 at 8:59am
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The challenge for current and future leaders is in how to manage bureaucratization while avoiding problems of operational friction, underutilized employees, and unnecessary costs.
Good post by David on Managing Bureaucratizationhttp://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/managing-bureaucratization
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on January 13, 2012 at 11:47am
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We need performance-oriented leaders - no argument from me there. But we want to be sure that we're not creating automatons that achieve at the expense of balance and growth. Do you agree?
http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/leadership-as-an-agency-s-out...
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Comment by GovLoop on January 11, 2012 at 9:41am
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Great post by David - Leadership Series: A Look at the Pipeline - http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/leadership-series-a-look-at-t...
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Comment by Andrew Krzmarzick on January 3, 2012 at 8:35am
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Do you have a favorite SES Executive Core Qualification (ECQ)? Noted Fed recruitment expert Kathryn Troutman is inquiring here on GovLoop:
http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/what-is-your-favorite-ses-ecq
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Comment by GovLoop on January 2, 2012 at 4:05pm
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Really like this post - Leadership demands courage - http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/leadership-demands-courage?xg...
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Comment by Carol Davison on December 20, 2011 at 3:52pm
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Ray that is exactly what we did at Performance Excellence Agency MD State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Statistically employees are harder on themselves than their superivsors are, and they have buy in with anything they write.
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Comment by Charles A. Ray on December 20, 2011 at 3:24pm -
The end of year evaluation should be the culmination of exchanges throughout the year, so there are no surprises. The best way is to start keeping notes (for manager and employee) at the beginning of the rating period, have periodic counseling session - these can be as formal or informal as both are comfortable with. I also like to have the employee take a stab at writing his or her own review; which gives me a good idea of what people think they have done.
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